UPDATE: Donald Trump has secured a $175 million bond as his appeals a New York civil fraud judgment against himself, family members and his business empire. According to a filing tonight. the bond came from the Knight Specialty Insurance Company in Los Angeles. Trump’s move will prevent New…

A New York judge on Monday expanded his gag order on Donald Trump, restricting the former president from attacking the family members of those involved in his upcoming criminal trial. Trump is now prohibited from attacking Judge Juan Merchan’s family members or those of District Attorney Alvin Bragg…

UPDATED with statement: Los Angeles Times columnist Ben Bolch, who came under widespread fire for a column about the LSU-UCLA Women’s NCAA tournament matchup in which he called the Lady Tigers "dirty debutantes" and called them "villains," while calling the Bruins "milk and cookies," has…

Hope Hicks, the former close aide to Donald Trump, is expected to testify in the former president’s upcoming New York criminal trial related to hush-money payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels. NBC News, citing an unnamed source, reported earlier Monday that Hicks was expected to be a…

Warner Bros Discovery said Monday that Steven A. Miron and Steven O. Newhouse have both notified the company’s board that they have resigned as directors after the U.S. Department of Justice informed them it was investigating whether their service violated Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act on…

UPDATED: This past weekend saw a parade of Republican elected officials and conservative commentators blast the White House for recognizing Sunday as the Transgender Day Of Visibility, as it happened to fall this year on the same day as Easter. That continued into Monday, with radio hosts…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of her debut feature In the Summers‘ world premiere at Sundance, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Directing Award in U.S. Dramatic competition, writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Based in Brooklyn…

Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly formed company whose assets include nascent social media platform Truth Social, has reported 2023 revenue of $4.1 million and a net loss of $58.2 million. The full-year figures were disclosed in new and revised SEC filings Monday. Investors pounced on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran PR exec AJ Feuerman has joined L.A.-based production company Valhalla Entertainment as Vice President, Publicity & Marketing. She reports directly to Founder & CEO, Gale Anne Hurd, and in her new role will oversee all publicity and marketing efforts for Valhalla properties, as…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Cinetic Media has signed Aaron Schimberg and Vanessa McDonnell, the filmmaker and producer behind the darkly comedic psychological thriller A Different Man, for management across all media. World premiering at Sundance 2024 before going on to play Berlin, the…

James Patterson is the latest celebrity figure to sign on to subscription streaming service Fox Nation, with a new true crime series that debuted today. Unsolved with James Patterson is a three-part series that examines three unsolved homicide cases. They include the deaths of Nanette Krentel of…

All due respect to Godzilla, but the first quarter of this year was a bust for Hollywood. There's no getting around it. The news read like an April Fool's joke without a punchline. Disney gave up its fight with Florida, better to face its battle with inv…